Google MapsA cat was trapped in storm drain on South Street in Morristown Saturday morning.

MORRISTOWN — The cat wasn't quite in a tree. That would have been a cliche.

The Morristown Fire Department responded South Street on a report of a cat trapped in a sewer drain around 10 a.m. Saturday. The cat had been there for more than an hour, the family had told fire officials, and though it had ample room to escape, it wouldn't come out.

So firemen removed the drain cover, but instead of leaping out, the cat scurried down a pipe, a fire official said.

The fire officials then told the family that if the cat doesn't come back out to give them a call.

"She never called us," acting Fire Chief Robert Flanagan said. "So I assume the cat came out."